Riverside County may tighten campaign cash reporting

Candidates for Riverside County elected offices already must report electronically every contribution of $1,000 received during the 90 days leading up to an election. Soon, they may have to report such contributions all the time, whether an election is near or not.

At the urging of Supervisor Kevin Jeffries, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to order up an ordinance making such posting on the county registrar of voters website mandatory all the time.

The board will decide later whether to adopt the change when a specific ordinance is presented. The measure would apply to candidates running for county supervisor, sheriff, district attorney, treasurer-tax collector, auditor-controller and assessor-clerk-recorder.